Back to a new home again for us HOME aloners!!! 2006 was the first one...we must be having fun.

The original thread was started when I was the only person online on TORC and it felt like I was the kid in "Home Alone", everyone had left off on vacation and I was there to do my best or worst on my own. (just so folks know, back in 2006, it was unusual to be the only person on TORC at any given time)

From that time it has changed into a sort of welcome thread and a place for all the friends to check in and give an update on where we are and what we are doing daily or just from time to time.

Like the last incarnation of the HELLLLLLOOOOO....

I am again going to change things up on this new thread. I have been doing shout outs for years now and I love remembering all the people who have visited the thread. It has grown quite large and many have never replied from the first post here.

So I am going to remember you all in this first post and from that time forward, SHOUT OUTS will go to posters who are currently posting, adding in new posters as they return.

I am not trying to hurt anyone's feelings, but this gets crazy huge to do everyday (I don't mind, but I have to have a starting place when we begin a new thread.) I hope that all the folks who have visited over the past seven years will all come back and post again.

Life is short; break the rules, forgive quickly; kiss slowly; love truly; laugh uncontrollably; and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for the might-have-beens. - Arthur Ransome

Just because I have the vocabulary of a well-educated sailor doesn't mean I'm not a lady.

Life is short; break the rules, forgive quickly; kiss slowly; love truly; laugh uncontrollably; and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for the might-have-beens. - Arthur Ransome

Just because I have the vocabulary of a well-educated sailor doesn't mean I'm not a lady.

Alas and hello new thread! Great to see so many smiling and familiar faces.

Of course there has to be chocolate!! I can't live without it and this world allows me all I can possibly want since now it is a major no no of my diet. With diabetes I will take my chocolate anywhere I can and here is a great place with great friends.

So Bilbo25 what is that dish of which you speak. It does not sound very inviting by its name but perhaps I am just ignorant of something wonderful that I have never had.

I love Lumpia!!! Can never get enough of that so I will be sure we have some for the party as well. A great Philippine dish!! Deep fried and so very addictive!

Spring come quickly!!~*Sister of the Twilight*~~*Daughter of the Moon*~

Sad day today ... our dear OldToby lost his fight with cancer, he fought SO many years and has been so brave. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this difficult time. We loved you so, dear kind sir. Your wit was always appreciated. You will be missed. I am ever reminded of a poem when a friend passes...

From Four Weddings and a Funeral:

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with muffled drumBring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overheadScribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,My working week and my Sunday rest,My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;For nothing now can ever come to any good.

CR...(If you want some fun, re-read the Expected Party thread - I read it last week and it was a fun read, we did pretty good) And thanks I check the other site. I used to just be able to use [ img ] ....... [ / img ] but that isn't working for me for some reason...says it can't locate the photo... the one I used to use was in that way. *shrugs* I miss my photo!!

rwhen wrote:HALP!!! Seems I can't get a siggie photo OR a photo in my post....what is the magic key???

Maybe you're just out of practice. It took me a few minutes to get back into the swing of things here. As you can see above, I'm not quite like I used to be.So, how's everybody's 2018 starting out? Very sad to see one of ours go

Heeelloooooooooo the new thread! I've been lured in by the delicious scent of food! We had knockoff stroopwafelen at our work potluck a few weeks ago, and YUM! I'm going to need more of those in my future. And consequently, more workouts.